The Heads of Religious Houses
England and Wales, 940–1540
3 Volume Hardback Set
Part of The Heads of Religious Houses
- Editors:
- C. N. L. Brooke, University of Cambridge
- David Knowles, University of Cambridge
- Vera London
- David M. Smith, University of York
- Date Published: March 2008
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9780521897273
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These three volumes form a major reference work covering six hundred years of monastic history. The volumes comprise fully documented, critical lists of monastic superiors from the tenth century reform to the dissolution of the monastic houses ending in 1540. Record sources have been provided by surviving monastic archives, episcopal and papal registers, governmental enrolments and archives, court records, private, family and estate collections. Full references are given for establishing the dates and outline of the career of each abbot or prior, abbess or prioress, when known. The lists are arranged by order: the Benedictine houses (independent; dependencies; and alien priories); the Cluniacs; the Grandmontines; the Cistercians; the Carthusians; the Augustinian canons; the Premonstratensians; the Gilbertine order; the Trinitarian houses; the Bonhommes; and the nuns. The volumes provide an essential foundation for all prosopographical study of the religious history of the period and are a fundamental tool of medieval research.
Read more- Three volume set covering six hundred years of monastic history
- Uses a wide range of ecclesiastical and secular archival sources
- A standard reference work for medieval ecclesiastical and social historians
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Praise for Volume II: 'The editors are to be congratulated for producing a fine volume which will join Volume I as an indispensable part of any medieval historian's library.' English Historical Review
See more reviewsPraise for Volumes I and II: 'The … scholarship is meticulous: the information and references on which all judgements are based are given in great detail … the compressed material is laid out with such clarity that both rapid scanning and close reading are easy … It is to be hoped that the remaining 163 years of monasticism in England and Wales will be covered in a third volume, to complete this already fine monument to medieval scholarship.' Welsh History Review
Praise for Volumes I and II: '… these two volumes constitute a major contribution to the grand and continuing project of unlocking the Middle Ages.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'The invaluable volumes are astonishing compilations of information … No one working in English or Welsh medieval monastic history, and Cistercian history in particular, can afford to be without access to these fundamental volumes, and we can only be grateful to the compilers for providing us with such invaluable tools and such a rich mine of information.' Citeaux Commentarii Cistercienses
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- Date Published: March 2008
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9780521897273
- length: 2118 pages
- dimensions: 325 x 248 x 155 mm
- weight: 4.03kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
VOLUME I Preface (2001)
Preface (1972)
Introduction
Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 940–1216
The Benedictine houses
Independent houses
Dependencies
Alien priories
The Cluniac houses
The Cistercian houses
The Carthusian monks
The Augustinian canons
The Premonstratensian canons
The Gilbertine canons and nuns
The Nuns
Appendices
Addendum
Corrigenda
Index of heads
Index of religious houses. VOLUME II Preface
Manuscript sources cited
Printed books and articles cited, with abbreviated references
Other abbreviations
Introduction
Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 1216–1377
1. The Benedictine houses
2. The Cluniac houses
3. The Grandmontine houses
4. The Cistercian houses
5. The Carthusian houses
6. The Augustinian canons
7. The Premonstratensian canons
8. The Gilbertine canons and nuns
9. The Trinitarian houses
10. Monasteries of Bonhommes
11. Unidentified order and uncertain status
12. The nuns
Index of heads
Index of religious houses. VOLUME III Introduction: I. The purpose and scope
II. The materials
III. The arrangement of the lists
Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 1377-1540
The Benedictine houses: Independent houses
Dependencies
Alien priories
The Cluniac houses
The Grandmontine houses
The Cistercian houses
The Carthusian monks
The Augustinian canons
The Premonstratensian canons
The Gilbertine canons and nuns
The Trinitarian houses
Monasteries of bonhommes
Unidentified orders
The nuns
Corrigenda and addenda to volume II (2001).
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